Kalidasa (planthopper)

Kalidasa
Kalidasa albiflos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Aphaeninae
Tribe: Aphaenini
Genus:
Kirkaldy, 1900
Type species
Kalidasa sanguinalis
(Westwood, 1851)

Kalidasa is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Aphaenini of the family Fulgoridae. There are five species in the genus, which are found in different parts of tropical Asia.[1]

Species

Four species are listed in FLOW:[1]

  • Kalidasa albiflos (Drury, 1773)
    • synonym Kalidasa lanata
    • synonym Kalidasa dives
  • Kalidasa lui Wang & Huang, 1989
  • Kalidasa nigromaculata (Gray, 1832)
    • synonym Kalidasa paulinia (Signoret, 1862)
  • Kalidasa sanguinalis (Westwood, 1851)
  • Kalidasa mythiliae Senthilkumar, 2022

Description

They have a slender and flexible stalk-like outgrowth arising from above the tip of the snout.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b FLOW Hemiptera database
  2. ^ Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 212–213.
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